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Viral Replication. Viruses Part II. Viral Replication. It was not until the 1950s that scientists were able to isolate and identify how viruses multiplied in a host Much of the early research was performed using a bacteriophage (or a virus that infects only a bacteria) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Viral ReplicationViruses Part II
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Viral Replication• It was not until the 1950s that
scientists were able to isolate and identify how viruses multiplied in a host
• Much of the early research was performed using a bacteriophage (or a virus that infects only a bacteria)• Specifically, scientists studied T4
bacteriophage that infected the E. coli bacteria
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Lytic Cycle• Virulence – the ability of a pathogen to affect cells
• Some viruses are nonvirulent to specific types of cells• Ex: human could consume the leaves of a tobacco
plant with TMV and not become infected
• Scientists call the activity of a virulent virus the lytic cycle
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Lytic Cycle During the lytic cycle:
• the virus invades the cell, • uses the resources of the
host cell to produce multiple copies of the viral nucleic acid,
• destroys the host cell• Releases new virions
(complete virus particle) into the environment
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Lytic cycle Steps
• Step 1 Attachment• The glycoprotein (“spikes”) on the outside
of a virus capsid adhere to the cell wall/cell membrane of its intended host
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Lytic cycle – Step 2
• Step 2 – Entry • Once attached to the exterior of the host cell,
enzymes begin to break it down and the core (DNA/RNA) is injected into the host cell
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Lytic cycle• Step 3 – Replication and Transcription
• Using the cell’s enzymes and organelles, the virus begins to produce multiple copies of the viral nucleic acid, mRNA, enzymes, and proteins
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Lytic cycle • Step 4 – Assembly
• The virus proteins form capsids around the replicated viral DNA/RNA, forming new virions
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Lytic Cycle• Step 5 – Release
• Eventually, the resources of the host cell are used up, the organelles being used wear out, and the enzymes coded by the virus cause the cell to lysis or burst open
• This releases the new virions into the environment and potentially infecting new host cells
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Lytic cycle
• Certain bacteriophages, human polio, influenza are relatively virulent → meaning they can infect one cell and complete the lytic cycle within 30 minutes
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Lysogenic cycle• Not all viruses destroy the host cell immediately after the
entry phase…
• During the lysogenic cycle, a virus that enters a cell may remain inactive (or latent) for long periods of time
• While in the latent stage, the virus has inserted its genome into the host’s DNA and it is replicated each time the cell undergoes cell division
• Essentially, the lysogenic viruses reproduce each time the cell divides so that all new cells have the virus in them
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Lysogenic Viruses A lysogenic virus may lay dormant
until stimuli (like UV radiation, temperature change, or other agents) cause it to become virulent and undergo the lytic cycle
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Other Kinds of Viruses Persistent infections – the host cell
does not go through the lytic cycle but slowly releases virus particles
Transforming viruses – significantly alter the cell’s metabolism by adding new genetic info but does not destroy the cell